About Business
Vulcan Materials is a U.S.-based company formed in 1909 and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It produces, distributes, and sells construction materials. This company soon became the largest supplier of construction materials such as sand and crushed stone and employed about 12,000 people in about 400 facilities. During the 1980s, Vulcan purchased Reed Crushed Stone in Kentucky. Then, in 1998, the company announced that it would purchase CalMat Company, a producer of ready-mixed concrete in Los Angeles. In 2005, this company sold its chemical business, Vulcan Chemicals, to Occidental Chemical Corporation. In 2021, This company acquired US Concrete, which was founded in 1999, and based in Euless, TX.
